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Gas Hackery

I wish I had my regular camera with me for this spectacle of gas piping carnage, but a couple of cell phone pics are going to have to do. This was in a 6 unit, 3 story building. Some people should be ashamed of themselves.

I don't think he had anything. TP cert, state lic, or otherwise. Around here, the gas company calls the town to see if a permit and pressure check is filed. In this case, I think he thought he could just slap together this mess and call it in. The gas utility had a different idea tho.

I don't think he had anything. TP cert, state lic, or otherwise. Around here, the gas company calls the town to see if a permit and pressure check is filed. In this case, I think he thought he could just slap together this mess and call it in. The gas utility had a different idea tho.

I'm surprised the gas company didn't pin-out all the meters. I just see four locked out.

Around here that is a odd set up..not just the trac pipe..i meant the bank of meters in the basement. Most if not all residential meters are located outside in my area.

Could be an existing building that was piped with inside meters and the black pipe to the end user was replaced with the trac pipe.

Gas company here only puts meters outside since the mid 70's on new construction for residential and commercial.

If you have an older service with an inside meter they will move it outside for a fee (over $200 last time I checked). They don't even move it outside at no charge when they rehab the underground service lines to the customer in the older areas of they city.